this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2023
90 points (98.9% liked)
BecomeMe
811 readers
1 users here now
Social Experiment. Become Me. What I see, you see.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
CAE WTIAA? (CAE: Can Anyone Explain. WTIAA: What This Is All About)
WWYUAAWYJTOTESA? (Why would you use an acronym when you just type out the entire sentence anyway?)
fingerprinting is how companies detect users using only what info they can get from your browser and then make a unique fingerprint out of all the combinations of things they can get about you. Some things like canvas and how you render certain things are very unique based on your gpu, browser, os etc...